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PIJ'ER NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF FESTUCA. 25 



WAyriiN(iTON — Continued. 



lluck Creek, Spokane County, Suksdorf 1141. 

 Olympic Mountains, Elmer 1017. 

 Montesano, Heller 3932. 

 ■ Oregon: 



Without locality, IlalUW. 

 Portland, Howell 15. 

 Wallowa Mountains, Caslck 2211. 

 Bine M(Hintain.s, Shear 1682, 1809, UuG. 

 California: 



Mondoriuo County, Danj (>6()7. 



Mount Shasta, Brofni. 373. 



Marin County, Palmer 2044. 



Long Valley, Kellogg .?- Harford lllG. 



Witliout locality, Bolander 6704. 



El Volcan, Brandeyee 104. 

 Idaho: 



Cceur d'Alene Lake, Sandberg, Heller j A MacDoiigal 544, 



Cedar Mountain, Latah County, Piper 3930, 1917. 



Cedar Mountain, Latah County, Henderson 2835. 

 Montana; 



, Summit, GriffUha .0 Lange 209, 192. 



Wyoming: 



Nez Pen^es Creek, Xelsoi} 6216, 

 Yellowstone Park, Bolleg 1898. 

 Michigan: 



Keweenaw County, Farwell 531. 

 Thunder Bay, ]yheeler^ July 18, 1895. 



Explanation of Plate.— Drawn from J9Q8 Plp(r, Vaiu^ouvur, Washington. Plant onc-Iialf natural 

 size; ovary and Htigmas enlarged ten times, other details five times. 



15. Festuca ovina I.. 



Fesiiica ovina 1j. Sp. PL 1: 73. 1753. '^Habitat in Europae collibus apricis aridis 

 vul^atiHsimunu'* 



Festuca ovina vulgarii^ Koch, Syn. 2: 812. 1837. 



DKSCKIFTION. 



Densely tufted; culms erect, 3-jointe<l, mostly lo to GO cm, high, smooth or some- 

 what si'ahrous near the panicle; sheaths wmooth, shorter than tlie internodes; ligule 

 very short, 1 mm. or less; blades pal(^ green, strongly involute, firm, narrow, cylin- 

 dric, scabrous on the margins, the basal ones 5 to 12 cm. long, those of the culm 

 often very short; panicle contracted after blooming, commonly 5 to 10 cm. long; 

 ray8 ascending, scabrous on the angles; spikelets ovate or oblong, usually 5 to 7.5 mm. 

 long, 3 to 6 or rarely 9-fluwered, pale green, or sometimes purplish tinged; florets 

 rather close; joints of the rachilla smooth; glumes unequal, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 the lower 1-nerved, about 2 mui. long, the uj^per 3-nerved, abuut 2.5 mm. long; 

 leinuia lanceolate, thit*k and firm, convex, obscurely 5-nerved, smooth or more or 

 less scabrous, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, attenuate in a scabrous awn 1 mm. long or more. 



This species in its typical form occurs native in North America hi the Rocky 

 Mountains from Alberta to New Mexico, in the Black Hills, and about the Great 

 Lakes. Through cultivation it is more or less commonly introduced in many locali- 

 ties. The specimen referred by Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 600, to F. hystrix Boiss* is 

 true F. ovina. 



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